Life in the Camps

Life in the Camps

Skye Burket

Many camps during the Transcontinental Rail Road were known as Hell-on-wheel camps, as they were always moving and not ideal. Workers for these railroads only needed a place to sleep at night, because they would work from sun up till sun down. As the construction of the Rail Road grew workers would continuously be moving farther towards their Rail Road destination. Many people looked at these camps as the most undesirable and inconsistent locations in the country. Unexpected things happened at these camps, including large amounts of drinking, gambling, and murder occurred almost nightly. Few of these camps became permanent towns and grew in population and land. Although some places remained permanent and industrialized, others are completely gone or still there but they're "ghost towns".

http://rsirailroad.blogspot.com/2012/02/closer-look-railroad-camps.html 

Group:

http://haydencoleman.blogspot.com/2013/10/understanding-owners-of.html

http://rickeyricardoridiculous.blogspot.com/2013/10/hiring-workers.html

http://ussummithistory.blogspot.com/2013/10/dealing-with-workers.html

http://summithistoryus.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-impact-of-transcontinental-railroad.html